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SAMPLED
Definition of SAMPLED
verb
simple past and past participle of sample
noun
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
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Word DNA
SAMPLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SAMPLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAMPLE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAMPLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SAMPLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAMPLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SAMPLED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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